News Digest: Jan 12 2017
12 January 2017When they’re not scouring over ancient deeds in dusty libraries, The Irish Family History Centre genies like to read the newspapers. We’ve rounded up some of the most interesting articles they found in the last couple of weeks FindmyPast completes Irish petty sessions court registers http://britishgenes.blogspot.ie/2017/01/findmypast-completes-irish-petty.html An Irish man’s extraordinary search...
Behind the scenes at The Irish Family History Centre.
11 January 2017THREE FAMILY BRANCHES UNITED THROUGH DNA When the paper trail runs out with possible, but unproven, relatives, it’s time to go DNA. This situation happened to me, and DNA provided the breakthrough I was looking for. My mother was a Curley from South County Galway, an area that suffered from...
Eve Parnell’s new exhibition
22 December 2016In January 2017 Irish artist Eve Parnell’s new exhibition will be Opened in the Humboldt University in Berlin, by H.E. The Irish Ambassador to Germany, Michael Collins ‘History is written by the Victors’ but in between the pages we can find facts and stories that should be re-discovered; research is like...
VIDEO: How our website can help you with your research
21 December 2016Irish genealogy is well known as the ultimate brick wall. Here at the Irish Family History Centre we have created this new innovative website to make things easier for our customers on their path to finding their Irish roots. This video gives you a clear Idea of how it...
News Digest: Dec 2016
16 December 2016Irish Family History Centre raise €565 for the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation at Expert Workshop A letter from the foundation mentions; ” On behalf of the trustees and all the families under the wing of Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all...
Christmas customs/First forays in genealogy.
15 December 2016The sending of greeting cards at Christmas was, in my family, the preserve of my mother. Everyone was shoo -ed out of the way, television and radio switched off, dining table cleared of all clutter and then a frantic search for The Address Book. My siblings would then smartly do...
Family Stories from the Visitor Centre
15 December 2016Not the Heritage Expected. Arthur Meredyth from Kildare and Venetia Baxter from Dublin. Or Were They? Family stories, when peered into with some rigour, can unearth some major surprises. This is one of those. On Saturday, September 23rd 2016, a fascinating English couple arrived in to the Irish Family History...
Behind the scenes in the National Library’s Genealogy Room: Carmel Gilbride
09 December 2016There is nothing like a session in the Library to bring home just how individual families can be. Whilst we study families and try to deduce patterns at play, each individual story shows the wonderful diversity of our families. Listening, as I do each week, to visitors to the library,...
News Digest: December 2016
07 December 2016Luck of the Irish” how 250 convicts survived shipwreck en route to Australia https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/luck-of-the-irish-how-250-convicts-survived-shipwreck-en-route-to-australia David Monahan’s ‘Beyond Leaving’ at the National Photographic Archive https://www.irishartsreview.com/leinster/
Stories within Artefacts
30 November 2016Fr. Willie and the 8th Army Chaplains – Copyright, Fiona Fitzsimons By Fiona Fitzsimons Photographs can prompt conversations, but artefacts contain stories within them, and give us an immediate connection to the past Photographs can spark off conversations, but what about artefacts -personal and family mementoes that...
Eneclann Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme 2016
29 November 2016Seeking tax relief for 2016? Investing in an Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme (EII) is one of the only remaining ways in which Irish investors can reduce their 2016 tax liability. EII was established in 2011, and replaces the Business Expansion Scheme (BES). America’s First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter...
Christmas at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin
28 November 2016CHRISTMAS at SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL DUBLIN THE SNOWMAN Howard Blake The Choristers of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral invite you attend a special performance of seasonal favourite “The Snowman” with Morgan Crowley (narrator) in aid of LAURALYNN Children’s Hospice. Friday 23rd December at 4.00pm – Admission Free* retiring collection in aid of LauraLynn...
